Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1995.001.001.04 |
Object Name |
Print, Photomechanical |
Title |
Postman |
Photographer |
Austen, Alice, 1866-1952 |
Collection |
Alice Austen House Museum Collection |
Date |
1896 |
Description |
A postman (John Gallagher) gathers mail from a postbox at 56th Street and Madison Avenue in New York City June 13, 1896. He carries a large letter carrying bag and he wears a uniform that includes a raised bowler-style hat. This photograph is one of the 12 included in Alice Austen's photogravure portfolio entitled Street Types of New York, published in 1896. |
Print size |
4 x 4.75 in. |
Medium |
Photographic Paper |
Search Terms |
Street Types |
Subjects |
Mailboxes Postal service employees Streets |